Gadlinks for Friday, 2.26.10

Let Gadlinks help you ease your way into the weekend like an old man eases into a warm bath. Now here are some of the links that piqued our interest today…

  • Via Boing Boing, the newest in fashion: messenger bags made from old life vests.
  • A great photo series from Jan Banning of bureaucrats from around the world sitting at their desks. If you’ve ever lost a passport or needed a visa, these scenes will probably look familiar. [Click “Photo Series” on the left side of the page, then Bureaucratics.]
  • Health officials have ordered 14 condoms for every athlete in Vancouver’s Olympic Village– and they’re still running out.
  • Bootsnall debunks some common misconceptions about Colombia. (By the way, Kayak often has very affordable airfares from Chicago, New York, and elsewhere to Bogota.)
  • Entertaining article from World Hum’s Spud Hilton on the fine art of “place-dropping.” Reminds me of the time I was in Borneo and…

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